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The view from within: Michael Vick's 548 days behind bars

By Seth Wickersham · ESPN · August 2011
The view from within: Michael Vick's 548 days behind bars
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""Michael Vick arrives at Leavenworth in time for lunch. He's led by guards to a small cafeteria and left alone, inmate No. 33765-183. A few days earlier, word passed quickly through this Kansas federal prison that Vick would be serving the remainder of his 23-month sentence for dogfighting conspiracy here, making him the most famous athlete ever to pass through its doors. Vick doesn't pause to scout his new surroundings; he turns around, drops his eyes, grabs a tray and slides down the lunch line. But he feels the stares burning his back, and he hears every whisper. <em>Oh, he's a small dude. I thought he was bigger.</em>""

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